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Hi,
My mac just went crazy and I have no idea what to do, Please help me!
I've just installed a program called Slideshow Magic (shareware downloaded from download.com) and after making 2 slideshows the finder just started flashing. Basically all the desktop icons and the top bar appear then dissapear about every 2 seconds, the little black arrow next to the Finder icon in the dock appears and dissapears at the same intervals, so I assume the Finder is opening then quiting, opening and quitting over and over.
All other programs can be opened from the dock.
I've tried restarting and shutting down but the same problem occurs everytime I start up.
Can anyone suggest what has gone wrong or more importantly how to fix it, it has all my art college work on and I've got a deadline next monday so I really need to get back on my feet. Any help will be MOST appreciated!
Thanks for your time
George
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Hello,
Thank you both for your suggestions, however neither have worked.
Dale, I went through Dr Smokes guide and all was fine apart from the Cache Cleaning software. I couldn't install the software as the finder isn't open long enough to allow me to do so.
Niel, I tried booting with Command and S held down and ran the commands you suggested but to no avail.
A couple of things I tried doing myself...
I ran the Hardware Test by booting from the cd and holding the option key. I ran the extended test and everything passed, so I know its not a hardware issue.
I then booted from the cd again and updated the system software, upon restarting the desktop appeared fine, but after about a minute it reverted to it's flashing state. The two files that I created from the slideshow program (that originally caused this problem) are still on the desktop and I assume that they have caused it to go again.
Can you suggest a way that I can delete these files and consequently stop the machine crashing every time I update the software?
Cheers
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